
William Holden
Known for Acting · 109 credits
- Born
- 1918-04-17
- Died
- 1981-11-12
- Place of birth
- O'Fallon, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- William Franklin Beedle Jr. · ویلیام هولدن
Biography
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25.
Known For
TV Shows (11)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

I Love Lucy
1951
as William Holden

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The Jack Benny Program
1950
as William Holden

The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Set of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'

The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan
Movies (98)

Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Joe Gillis

Casino Royale
1967
as Ransome

Sabrina
1954
as David Larrabee

Network
1976
as Max Schumacher

The Towering Inferno
1974
as Jim Duncan

The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957
as Cmdr. Shears

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Pike Bishop

Alvarez Kelly
1966
as Alvarez Kelly

Ashanti
1979
as Jim Sandell

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Major 'Hank' Kendall

Damien - Omen II
1978
as Richard Thorn

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Born Yesterday
1950
as Paul Verrall

Executive Suite
1954
as McDonald Walling

Escape to Athena
1979
as POW (uncredited)

Breezy
1973
as Frank Harmon

Stalag 17
1953
as Sgt. J.J. Sefton

S.O.B.
1981
as Tim Culley

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955
as Mark Elliott

Picnic
1955
as Hal Carter

Dear Wife
1949
as Bill Seacroft

The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick

Submarine Command
1951
as Lt. Cmdr. Ken White

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)

Forever Female
1953
as Stanley Krown

Fedora
1978
as Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler

The Earthling
1980
as Patrick Foley

Variety Girl
1947
as William Holden

The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Lt. Harry Brubaker

The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)

The Lion
1962
as Robert Hayward

The Country Girl
1954
as Bernie Dodd

Paris When It Sizzles
1964
as Richard Benson

Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
as Captain Roper

The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Eric Erickson

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Donald Gresham (archive footage) (uncredited)

Prison Farm
1938
as Prisoner

When Time Ran Out...
1980
as Shelby Gilmore

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)

The Blue Knight
1973
as Bumper Morgan

Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
1993
as Self (archive footage)

The Man from Colorado
1948
as Capt. Del Stewart

Our Town
1940
as Georges Gibbs

Arizona
1940
as Peter Muncie

Golden Boy
1939
as Joe Bonaparte

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)

The Key
1958
as Capt. David Ross

You Can Change The World
1950
as Self

The Dark Past
1948
as Al Walker

Union Station
1950
as Lt. William Calhoun

The World of Suzie Wong
1960
as Robert Lomax

Texas
1941
as Dan Thomas

Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002
as (archive footage)

Streets of Laredo
1949
as Jim Dawkins

Dear Ruth
1947
as Lt. William Seacroft

The Revengers
1972
as John Benedict

The 7th Dawn
1964
as Major Ferris

The Turning Point
1952
as Jerry McKibbon

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Toward the Unknown
1956
as Maj. Lincoln Bond

The Moon Is Blue
1953
as Donald Gresham

Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as David “Big Davey" Harvey

The Proud and Profane
1956
as Lt. Col. Colin Black
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)

The Christmas Tree
1969
as Laurent Ségur
Sad?
1996
as (archive footage)

21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Manfred Schreiber

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Dick Richmond

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
2006
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Wild Rovers
1971
as Ross Bodine

Boots Malone
1952
as Boots Malone

Invisible Stripes
1939
as Tim Taylor

Open Season
1974
as Hal Wolkowski

Satan Never Sleeps
1962
as Father O'Banion

I Wanted Wings
1941
as Al Ludlow

Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Michael "Mike" Stewart

Lykke og krone
1962

Father Is a Bachelor
1950
as Johnny Rutledge

Blaze of Noon
1947
as Colin McDonald

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968
as Self - Guest (uncredited)

The Fleet's In
1942
as Casey Kirby

Force of Arms
1951
as Sgt. Joe 'Pete' Peterson

Those Were the Days!
1940
as P. J. "Petey" Simmons

The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self (archive footage)

Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Lt. Packard A. Cummings

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective
2009
as Self (archive footage)

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self (archive footage)

Young and Willing
1943
as Norman Reese

Wings Up
1943
as Himself

Apartment for Peggy
1948
as Jason Taylor

Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' (uncredited)

The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
as Self

Sally's Beauty Spot
1990
as Robert Lomax (archive footage)

The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Andrew Long

...On Seeing Film
1958
as Self

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self

The Girl on The Roof
1953
as A tourist
About William Holden
William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as #25. With 109 credits spanning from 1938 to 2018, William Holden has appeared in 98 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular William Holden Movies
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Joe Gillis
- Casino Royale (1967) — as Ransome
- Sabrina (1954) — as David Larrabee
- Network (1976) — as Max Schumacher
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Jim Duncan
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